Hey Everybody!

Its been a while since ive updated this, so I thought Id fill you in on whats been going on. Ive started fitting in well here, so I am having a lot of fun. I started school almost three weeks ago, and its pretty interesting. Ive been trying to participate the best that I can, even though I dont speak any Italian. Most of the time its pretty confusing, but occasionally I can understand what were learning. Ive been hanging out a lot with my host sisters friends a lot so Ive been really busy. We go out shopping and to cafes most of the time, and Ive eaten soooo much gelato! My new favorite is pistachio, which I thought would be weird, but its actually the best flavor. Ive also been eating Brioche , which is the best food in the world! Its a big sweet bun that has gelato inside of it! Its sooo good! The only problem is I have difficulty eating it, and somehow, I always spill some of it in the process of eating it.I went to a disco the other night with my host sister and all of her friends, and it was so much fun! Its very different from American clubs, and I cant dance very well in America, but since the style is different here, I can dance really well! Its basically do whatever you want kind of dancing. A lot of people here are also realllly into this thing called tectonic, which is a type of dancing where you just move your arms and legs really fast in like jerky movements and twists and swirls. Its actually really cool, but it looks really hard. Im also eating really interesting foods here. For example one of the Sicilian specialties is pig intestine. They tokd me i didnt have to eat that one if i didnt want to, but im willing to try a little bit, just for the sake of saying ive tried it. They also eat rabbit here. Its one of their main white meats, along with chicken and turkey. It actually isnt that bad, it tastes pretty much like chicken, but the entire time I was eating it I was remembering my friends at home, and the bunnies that they have hopping around their house. Sooo it was a little bit weird trying to eat it. Tge pizza here though is to die for. I have never had such good pizza in my life. Well I am in Italy so that would make sense, but anyways its so good and they have so many different types of pizza. I usually get Margheritta, which is just plain pizza (cheese and tomato sauce), but they have so many different ones, like they have ones with french fries on it, and one with eggplant on it. Ive also eaten at this restaurant called Fratelli la Bufala, which means The Buffalo Brothers. Its the best pizza in Palermo, and the most popular pizza place. It actually originated in Napoli, who makes the best pizza in Italy and is famous for it, and now they have them all over Italy. So I really enjoy eating there. Ive also seen a lot of Palermo and some of Sicily and it is absolutely gorgeous. I didnt expect it to have so many mountains! But all of the landscapes here are so beautiful and when your walking through the town you can almost always see the mountains. Palermo itself is also a beautiful city. There is both modern and ancient architecture and both are wonderful. All of the old theatres and monuments and parks are so much fun to see, and wonder how people built them like thousands of years ago, and theyre still here. Im also becoming friends with the other AFSers in my town. Its really fun, because we go out and take pictures and go shopping and eat gelato and things like that when we want to, because our host siblings and friends have more studying than we do, so when we finish with ours there is still so much time left in the day. Ive also started Italian lessons with the other Afsers and its kind of helping, a little bit, but Ive been learning better by speaking with my host family. My host family speaks some english and my host sister speaks it fluently, which at first was good, but now I dont want to keep speaking English. Itll be easier and quicker for me to learn Italian if Im forced to speak it. Ill be able to pick it up so much faster. Ive been picking up little bits and bieces and since Ive already learned Spanish, its really not that different. So once I get into learn Italian mode, Im sure Ill be able to get the hang of it.Well thats about all thats been going on right now. Ill write again soon!